Contributions of testosterone and territory ownership to sexually-motivated behaviors and mRNA expression in the medial preoptic area of male European starlings
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- 作者：Jeremy A. Spool ; spool@wisc.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Sharon A. Stevenson sstevenson@wisc.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Caroline S. Angyal angyal@wisc.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Lauren V. Riters LVRiters@wisc.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Testosterone ; Territory ; Sexual motivation ; Opioid ; Dopamine ; Behavior ; Vocal communication ; Medial preoptic area
- 刊名：Hormones and Behavior
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：86
- 期：Complete
- 页码：36-44
- 全文大小：757 K
文摘
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T and territory possession interact to activate courtship song and behavior.
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T but not territory possession altered patterns of mRNA expression in the mPOA.
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T increased steroid hormone-related mRNA AR and ARO in the mPOA.
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T increased mRNA of opioid-related genes MOR and PENK in the mPOA.
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T decreased mRNA of dopaminergic-relate gene TH mRNA in the mPOA.